Ad Tech
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IAS launches deepfake measurement offering ahead of 2024 election
The tool, currently in beta testing, helps marketers avoid placing ads next to deepfakes, which have grown more sophisticated with the rise of AI.
By Sara Karlovitch • June 10, 2024 -
United Airlines takes flight with airline industry’s first media network
Macy’s and Dentsu are among the launch partners of Kinective Media, which uses consumer insights to drive ads across its app and seatback screens.
By Chris Kelly • June 10, 2024 -
Trendline
What you need to know about data in marketing
The pressure on marketers is only intensifying to master data and analytics capabilities that can strengthen personalization and foster loyalty.
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WARC: Retail media’s meteoric growth to cool down in ‘25
As trade marketing budgets become “exhausted,” dominant players like Amazon are tightening their grip on the category.
By Peter Adams • June 6, 2024 -
Walmart opens access to off-site customer journey insights for suppliers
With Digital Landscapes, Walmart is looking to help suppliers answer questions about customer journeys beyond the retailer’s website and app.
By Chris Kelly • June 4, 2024 -
Dollar General picks Criteo to boost retail media offering
The retailer can onboard first-party and in-store sales data to Criteo’s DSP, helping brands and agencies better reach its base of rural shoppers.
By Chris Kelly • May 31, 2024 -
Klarna uses AI to save $10M on marketing annually while upping output
More than a third of the Stockholm-based fintech company’s marketing savings in Q1 are attributable to AI.
By Chris Kelly • May 29, 2024 -
PayPal readies advertising platform rooted in reams of transaction data
The new offering in the expanding media network market will be led by Mark Grether, who helped grow Uber Advertising into a $1 billion business.
By Chris Kelly • May 28, 2024 -
WPP integrates Anthropic’s tech to further generative AI transformation
The startup’s latest Claude AI models will be added to WPP Open, an operating system used by clients including Coca-Cola, L’Oréal and Nestlé.
By Peter Adams • May 28, 2024 -
Google to bring ads to new AI Overview as part of search transformation
At Marketing Live, the company also outlined how it’s enhancing shopping ads and supporting complex purchase decisions with generative AI.
By Peter Adams • May 22, 2024 -
Walmart ad sales pop as more brands buy into retail media
The big-box store could further extend its hot streak on the tails of its Vizio acquisition and a new streaming deal with Disney.
By Peter Adams • May 20, 2024 -
Pinterest teams with Real Simple for magazine’s first shoppable issue
The issue, which leverages QR codes that lead to curated Pinterest boards, highlights over 120 products and expands the platform’s bid to publishers.
By Jessica Deyo • May 16, 2024 -
Netflix plans to in-house ad tech, adds measurement partners as ad tier surges
The streaming platform announced during its upfront that its ad-supported plan now has 40 million global monthly active users — up from 5 million a year ago.
By Chris Kelly • May 16, 2024 -
CMOs enter ‘era of less’ as budgets plunge below pre-pandemic levels
Nearly two-thirds of marketers believe they have don’t the resources to execute 2024 strategies, while some are pinning their hopes on AI, per Gartner.
By Peter Adams • May 15, 2024 -
Amazon’s first upfront promises full-funnel advertising at scale for all
Proving it could deliver the same Hollywood wattage as its competitors, Amazon worked to separate itself from the pack by offering scale and results.
By Chris Kelly • May 15, 2024 -
Column
Sociable: Google goes big on generative AI at I/O 2024
The company unveiled a next-level generative AI search process along with a range of other new features that leverage the buzzy tech.
By Andrew Hutchinson • May 14, 2024 -
Inside Expedia’s plan to be the world’s travel media network
An expanded offering combines first-party traveler insights with a host of capabilities and comes as more players enter the media network space.
By Chris Kelly • May 14, 2024 -
Reddit hires Google vet to guide ad product development post IPO
Jyoti Vaidee oversaw key launches at the search giant, including Dynamic Product Ads, and previously worked on Microsoft’s Outlook and Xbox.
By Peter Adams • May 13, 2024 -
How Meta is addressing marketers’ generative AI concerns with new tools
A new image generator relies on assets that the advertiser already owns, part of Meta’s efforts to ensure its ad products align with internal brand guidelines.
By Peter Adams • May 8, 2024 -
Deep Dive
Legacy media makes new bets on CTV and retail media convergence
Disney’s new partnership with Walmart Connect and Amazon’s latest streaming TV ad formats demonstrate how the growing channels can work together.
By Chris Kelly • May 8, 2024 -
Omnicom shakes up Sparks & Honey amid Omni platform push
The consultancy is being more closely aligned with Omnicom Media Group while practices like its popular Cultural Briefings are winding down.
By Peter Adams • May 6, 2024 -
Deep Dive
Digital’s media-buying bonanza wrestles with an industry at crossroads
Cookie deprecation and a potential TikTok ban cast this year’s NewFronts in a different light while attendees noticed fewer pitches centered on content.
By Peter Adams • May 6, 2024 -
Why video is key to Roblox’s evolving advertising strategy
The wide rollout of immersive video ads is accompanied by measurement partnerships that underpin the platform’s growing advertising ambitions.
By Chris Kelly • May 1, 2024 -
Inside Google’s CTV pitch: A lot of AI and a push to avoid privacy stumbles
At the NewFronts, the tech giant emphasized that streaming can be the basis for a better ecosystem without the baggage of third-party cookies.
By Peter Adams • April 30, 2024 -
Estée Lauder boosts generative AI ambitions with expanded Microsoft deal
The deal follows a similar partnership with Coca-Cola and arrives as the tech giant makes its Copilot AI companion available to all advertisers.
By Chris Kelly • April 29, 2024 -
Sponsored by Semasio
ID Solutions 2.0: Navigating what’s next
Before you navigate the cookieless future, explore the best ID strategies for today's advertisers.
By Jeff Ragovin, CEO at Semasio • April 29, 2024